PECTEN SITE

Collection Arne Ghys

FAMILY	:	Pectinidae
SUBFAMILY	:	Chlamydinae
TRIBE	:	Fortipectinini
GENUS	:	Patinopecten
Synonyms	:

Pictures

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off Dry Bay, SE Alaska, United States trawled at 58 fathoms depth H. 115.0 mm - W. 116.1 mm

Humboldt, California, United States trawled H. 114.0 mm - W. 113.5 mm

Alaska, United States trawled H. 161.2 mm - W. 170.4 mm

Remarks

• big pectinid, up to 200 mm in height
• colour usually brown to purple with white.
• sometimes confused with Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Jay, 1857) from Japan but the latter has a reticulated structure between the ribs
  
  

  	Patinopecten caurinus (Gould, 1850) structure on the valves of concentric grooves
  	Mizuhopecten yessoensis (Jay, 1850) reticulated structure on the valves